The following are
California State Militia
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units that were active in the state of
California
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between 1851 and 1861, prior to the
American Civil War
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Volunteer Companies of the California State Militia 1850-1860
Amador County
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Amador Rangers,
Jackson, 1858
Utah War
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Volcano Guard,
Volcano
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, 1858 Utah War
Butte County
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Oroville Guard Oroville may refer to:
* Oroville, California, United States
* Oroville, Washington, United States
;Other uses
* Lake Oroville, in Butte County, California, USA
* Oroville Dam, in Butte County, California, USA
* Oroville Municipal Airport, in Butt ...
,
Oroville, December 22, 1856 - July 5, 1857
Calaveras County
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First Calaveras Guard,
Mokelumne Hill, 1852 - 1853
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Jesus Maria Guard,
Jesus Maria, 1854-1857
El Dorado County
* 1st Company,
Mud Springs 1850
El Dorado Expedition
* 2nd Company,
Placerville 1850,
[Historical Souvenir p.157-159] El Dorado Expedition
* 3rd Company, Placerville 1850
El Dorado Expedition
*
Placerville Guard
Placerville is the name of several places in the United States:
* Placerville, California
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, Placerville, 1855
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Coloma Greys,
Coloma, 1857
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Confidence Guard, Placerville, 1860
Humboldt County
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Union Volunteers Union Volunteers were a Humboldt County Volunteer Militia unit organized in Union
Union commonly refers to:
* Trade union, an organization of workers
* Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets
Union may also refer to:
...
,
Union
Union commonly refers to:
* Trade union, an organization of workers
* Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets
Union may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Music
* Union (band), an American rock group
** ''Un ...
, 1855
Klamath War
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Trinity Rangers,
Pardee's Ranch, Redwood Creek, 1858
Wintoon War/Bald Hills War
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Humboldt Volunteers,
Hydesville
Hydesville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Humboldt County, California, United States. Hydesville is located southeast of Fortuna, at an elevation of . The population was 1,237 at the 2010 census, up from 1,209 at the 2000 census.
Geograph ...
, 1860
Bald Hills War
Bald Hills War (1858–1864) was a war fought by the forces of the California Militia, California Volunteers and soldiers of the U.S. Army against the Chilula, Lassik, Hupa, Mattole, Nongatl, Sinkyone, Tsnungwe, Wailaki, Whilkut and Wi ...
Klamath County
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Klamath Mounted Rangers Klamath may refer to:
Ethnic groups
*Klamath people, a Native American people of California and Oregon
** Klamath Tribes, a federally recognized group of tribes in Oregon
*Klamath language, spoken by the Klamath people
Places in the United States
...
,
Crescent City, 1854-1856 Klamath War
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Coast Rangers, Crescent City, 1854-1855 Klamath War
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Klamath Rifles,
Young's Ferry, 1855 Klamath War
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Mounted Coast Rifles, Crescent City, 1855 Klamath War
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Salmon Guard,
Sawyers Bar, 1855-1856 Klamath War
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Citizens of Crescent City, Crescent City, 1856
Del Norte County (from 1857)
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Crescent Rifles, Crescent City, 1856-1861
Los Angeles County
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Los Angeles Guard,
Los Angeles
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, 1853 - 1881
[http://www.militarymuseum.org/SoCal.pdf J.M. Scammel, ''Military Units of Southern California 1853-1862'', California Historical Society Quarterly, Vol. XXIX, Number 3.] Operated against gangs of robbers or raiding bands of Indians.
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Los Angeles Rangers
LOS, or Los, or LoS may refer to:
Science and technology
* Length of stay, the duration of a single episode of hospitalisation
* Level of service, a measure used by traffic engineers
* Level of significance, a measure of statistical significanc ...
, Los Angeles, 1853 - 1857
Sheriff
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's auxiliaries vs organized bands of outlaws
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Monte Rangers
Monte may refer to:
Places Argentina
* Argentine Monte, an ecoregion
* Monte Desert
* Monte Partido, a ''partido'' in Buenos Aires Province
Italy
* Monte Bregagno
* Monte Cassino
* Montecorvino (disambiguation)
* Montefalcione
Portugal
* Monte ...
, Los Angeles, 1854 - 1859
Operated against gangs of robbers or raiding bands of Indians.
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Ringgold Light Artillery, Los Angeles, 1855 - 1857
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City Guard, Los Angeles, 1855 - 1861
"suppressing lawlessness"
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Lanceros de Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 1857 - 1861
"for the preservation of order, the chastisement of criminals and the repression of outrages"
*
Union Guard
Union commonly refers to:
* Trade union, an organization of workers
* Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets
Union may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Music
* Union (band), an American rock group
** ''Un ...
, Los Angeles, 1857 - 1859
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Southern Rifles, Los Angeles, 1857 - 1862
Mariposa County
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Mariposa Battalion,
Agua Fria, 1851
Mariposa War
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California State Rangers,
Quartzburg, 1853 Hunt for
Joaquin Murrieta
Joaquin Murrieta Carrillo (sometimes spelled Murieta or Murietta) (1829 – July 25, 1853), also called the Robin Hood of the West or the Robin Hood of El Dorado, was a Mexican-American figure of disputed historicity. The novel '' The Life and A ...
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Mariposa Guard,
Mariposa, 1856
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Mariposa Mounted Riflemen, Mariposa, 1858-1861? Utah War
Nevada County
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Nevada Rifles,
Nevada City, 1858-1863 Utah War,
Paiute War
Placer County
Mountain Blues Iowa Hill
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, 1855 - 1856
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Placer Rifles,
Auburn
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Places Australia
* Auburn, New South Wales
* City of Auburn, the local government area
*Electoral district of Auburn
*Auburn, Queensland, a locality in the Western Downs Region
*Auburn, South Australia
*Auburn, Tasmania
*Aub ...
, 1856 - 1857
Plumas County
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Plumas Rangers
The Plumas Rangers, Sixth Division, First Brigade were a militia group in California, United States, founded November 24, 1855 under the seal of Judge W.T. Ward. Officers were elected at a meeting at the Saloon of Flournoy & Company in Elizabeth ...
,
Quincy, 1855
Sacramento County
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Sutter Rifles,
Sacramento
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, 1852
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Sacramento Guard, Sacramento, 1855 - 1856
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Independent City Guard or City Guard, Sacramento, 1856 - 1880 Paiute War
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Sacramento Cadets, Sacramento, 1856-1857
San Bernardino County
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San Bernardino Rough and Ready Cavalry,
San Bernardino, 1855-1857
Operated against gangs of robbers or raiding bands of Indians.
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First Light Dragoons, San Bernardino, 1856-1857
Operated against gangs of robbers or raiding bands of Indians.
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San Bernardino Rangers, San Bernardino, 1856-1862
Operated against gangs of robbers or raiding bands of Indians.
San Diego County
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Fitzgerald Volunteers,
San Diego
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, 1851 - 1852
Garra Revolt
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San Diego Guard, San Diego, 1856 - 1863
Operated against gangs of robbers or raiding bands of Indians.
San Francisco County
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First California Guard,
San Francisco
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, 1849-1879 The first artillery company in the
California State Militia
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.
Garra Revolt
The Yuma War was the name given to a series of United States military operations conducted in southern California and what is today southwestern Arizona from 1850 to 1853. The Quechan (also known as Yuma) were the primary opponent of the United ...
*
Washington Guard, San Francisco, 1849-1851?
[ Hubert Howe Bancroft, The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft Vol. XXIV: History of California Vol VII, History Co., San Francisco, 1890 p454-455](_blank)
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* Empire Guard, San Francisco, 1849/1850?-1851?National Lancers
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, San Francisco, 1852-1859
* San Francisco Blues, San Francisco, 1852-1859
* City Guard, San Francisco, 1854-1880
* Templar Guard (Shermans Guard), San Francisco, 1854
* National Guard, San Francisco, 1855
* Sarsfield Guard, San Francisco, 1855
* Wallace Guard, San Francisco, 1855
* Washington Continental Guard, San Francisco, 1855
* Benham Guard, San Francisco, 1856 "State of Insurrection" in San Francisco, 1856.
* Constitution Guard, San Francisco, 1856 "State of Insurrection" in San Francisco, 1856.
* Jackson Guard
Jackson may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Jackson (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the surname or given name
Places
Australia
* Jackson, Queensland, a town in the Maranoa Region
* Jackson North, Qu ...
, San Francisco, 1856 "State of Insurrection" in San Francisco, 1856.
* Jefferson Guard, San Francisco, 1856 "State of Insurrection" in San Francisco, 1856.
* Monroe Guard, San Francisco, 1856 "State of Insurrection" in San Francisco, 1856.
* Union Guard
Union commonly refers to:
* Trade union, an organization of workers
* Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets
Union may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Music
* Union (band), an American rock group
** ''Un ...
, San Francisco, 1856 "State of Insurrection" in San Francisco, 1856.
* California Fusileers, San Francisco, 1858
* San Francisco Light Guard, San Francisco, 1858
* Black Hussars
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, San Francisco, 1859-1881
* Carbineers (French Guard), San Francisco, 1859-1862
* Montgomery Guard, San Francisco, 1859-1880
* McMahon Guard, San Francisco, 1859-1881
* California Rifles (French Guard)
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, San Francisco, 1860-1862
San Joaquin County
* San Joaquin Guard, Stockton, 1851 - 1852
* City Guard, Stockton, 1855
* Stockton Blues, Stockton, 1857 - 1861
* San Joaquin Mounted Rifles, Knights Ferry, 1858 - 1862 Utah War
San Luis Obispo County
* San Luis Obispo Guard, San Luis Obispo, 1858
Santa Barbara County
* Santa Barbara Guard, Santa Barbara, 1854
Santa Clara County
* National Guard, San José
San José or San Jose (Spanish for Saint Joseph) most often refers to:
*San Jose, California, United States
*San José, Costa Rica, the nation's capital
San José or San Jose may also refer to:
Places Argentina
* San José, Buenos Aires
** San ...
, 1857-1861
Santa Cruz County
* Crusade Rangers, Watsonville
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, 1858 Utah War
Sierra County
* Sierra Guard, Downieville, 1854-1859
* Goodyear's Rifles, Goodyear's Bar, 1854-1860
* Eureka Blues, Eureka City, 1856
* Forest Rifles, Forest City, 1856-1866
* National Guard, Downieville, 1857-1861
* Gibsonville Blues, Gibsonville, 1858-1861 Utah War
* Mobile Guard
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, Shady Flat, 1858 Utah War
* Sierra Greys, La Porte, 1858. Utah War
* Sierra Rangers, Allegheny Town, 1858 Utah War
Siskiyou County
* Siskiyou Guard, Humbug City, 1855-1856
* Scott River Guard, Scott River, 1856-1857 Disbanded when weapons not delivered.
Sonoma County
* Petaluma Guard, Petaluma
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, 1856 - 1867
* Sotoyame Guard, Healdsburg, 1858 - 1860
* Washington Horse Guard, Santa Rosa
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Santa Rosa may also refer to:
Places Argentina
*Santa Rosa, Mendoza, a city
* Santa Rosa, Tinogasta, Catamarca
* Santa Rosa, Valle Viejo, Catamarca
*Santa Rosa, La Pampa
* Sa ...
, 1859
Stanislaus County
* Stanislaus Guard, Knight's Ferry, 1860 - 1862
Tehama County
* Kibbe Rangers, Red Bluff, 1859-1860 State of California's Pitt River Expedition
Tuolumne County
* Columbia Fusileers, Columbia, 1853
* Sonora Greys, Sonora
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, 1854
Trinity County
* Trinity Guard, Weaverville, 1854-1855 Disbanded after weapons destroyed in a fire.
* Kibbe Guard, Weaverville, 1858 Bald Hills War, Wintoon War
Tulare County
* Tulare Mounted Riflemen, Visalia 1856 - 1868 Tule River War
The Tule River War of 1856 was a conflict where American settlers, and later, California State Militia, and a detachment of the U. S. Army from Fort Miller, fought a six-week war against the Yokuts in the southern San Joaquin Valley.
Prelude
Th ...
Yuba County
* Independent New York Guard, New York Flat, 1855
** Mountain Riflemen, New York Flat, 1855 - 1857 Opposed Indian hostilities
* Yuba Guard, Yuba County, 1855-1857 Opposed lawlessness, Indian hostilities
* Marysville Rifles Marysville may refer to several places:
Australia
* Marysville, Victoria
Canada
* Marysville, British Columbia, now part of Kimberley
* Marysville, New Brunswick
* Marysville, Frontenac County, Ontario, on Wolfe Island
* Marysville, Hastin ...
, Marysville, 1859-1866 Opposed Indian hostilities
* Downey Guard, Timbuctoo
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, 1860-1861 California State Militia and National Guard Unit Histories: Downey Guard, from The California State Military Museum accessed on September 25, 2011
/ref> Opposed Indian hostilities
References
Sources
* ttp://www.oac.cdlib.org/data/13030/x1/tf0r29n3x1/files/tf0r29n3x1.pdf Inventory of the Military Department. Militia Companies Records, 1849-1880
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